Business ideas to give a try during this hard time 1Grocery business Such is a good and easy business to start because people need to eat and groceries are cheap to acquire. For this business, one can start with as little as five hundred or a thousand shillings. At the end of the day, profits accumulated can get to be more than two hundred shillings depending on the size of the business. With time, you can increase the stock and the business can turn into a big booming business.

2. Fast food business

By fast food, I mean food such as chips or French fries and hamburgers that is served very quickly and can be taken away to be eaten in another place such as the streets. To begin this business, one requires about two thousand shillings to buy the stock. As long as you get a good location such as near a university where student traffic is high, profits can come in in very large amounts.

3. Boiled eggs. This is the cheapest business to start with as little capital as four hundred shillings. However, determination and hard work determine the amount of profits you may gain at the end of the day. As the business grows with time, you can even add smokies and samosas to it.

4. Poultry farming. The capital required for this business is as little as 1000 shillings to buy the chicks. Then a little more money will be required to buy the feeds. For such, I would recommend kienyeji chicken rearing because they are easier to maintain. The more the stock, the more the profits.

5. Ice cream and fruit blending business.

Starting such a business requires a blender to blend the fruits and fridge for the ice cream. The businesses can be run parallel or independently. You have to find a source to purchase the fruits and water as well for the smoothies.

6. Car wash business For this business, you only have to find a good business with a constant source of water then the profits start flowing in. Many people prefer others to wash their cars for them rather than doing it themselves. In a day say you've washed twenty cars charging each at two hundred shillings. At the end of the day, you will have accumulated about 4000 shillings.

7. Mtumba business.

Having a capital of about a thousand shillings and a good location to sell gives you the go to start this business. For stock, one can buy it from Gikomba and Muthurwa trading centres.

8. Movie shop.

Many people constantly search for a means to relieve stress from their daily work and to entertain themselves. Movies are often their immediate choice and opening a movie shop can guarantee you customers. You can start off with just a laptop and a television and with time you can open other movie shop branches all over the country.

9. Barbershop or salon business. People constantly need their hair to be done and on a regular basis. Having excellent skills and even experience can help you attain a good market. You can work door to door or set up a space where people can come for your services. The challenge here may be rent especially during those seasons when the business is low.

10. Online working. This requires little or no capital to begin. Online working can include writing resumes, ghostwriting, academic writing, editing and proofreading, social media management and virtual assistance. Ghostwriting involves writing a piece of work and then another person claims ownership of your work.

Virtual assistance involves book keeping, editing reports, data entry and email response for another party while social media management involves regular posts, engaging users and increasing the number of followers for other parties for example celebrities.

Other businesses that one can start include boda boda business, manicure and pedicure, printing and photocopy, selling shoes and handbags as well as cerials business where you can buy the stock from Nyamakima in Nairobi.